Please use the entire inventory, sets of items for specific dimensions, and/or individual items, as you deem useful and appropriate in your research. Feel free to modify items as needed. All that we (Matthew Lombard and Theresa Ditton) ask is that you help refine the instrument by reporting on your experience using all or part of the TPI. Please direct reports of use and/or questions to Matthew Lombard at lombard@temple.edu.

SPATIAL PRESENCE:VAR NAMELDNGITEM

place .89How much did it seem as if the objects and people you saw/heard had come to the place you were?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

touch .88How much did it seem as if you could reach out and touch the objects or people you saw/heard?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

object .83How often when an object seemed to be headed toward you did you want to move to get out of its way?
(Never - Always [7 points])

bethere .79To what extent did you experience a sense of being there inside the environment you saw/heard?
(Not at all – Very much [7 points])

sndlocal.72To what extent did it seem that sounds came from specific different locations?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

touchsmg .68How often did you want to or try to touch something you saw/heard?
(Never - Always [7 points])

window .58Did the experience seem more like looking at the events/people on a movie screen or more like looking at the events/people through a window?
(Like a movie screen – Like a window [7 points])
Eigenvalue: 4.19

pplseeu .83 How often did you have the sensation that people you saw/heard could also see/hear you?
(Never - Always [7 points])

interact .82 To what extent did you feel you could interact with the person or people you saw/heard?
(None - Very much [7 points])

leftplce .79 How much did it seem as if you and the people you saw/heard both left the places where you were and went to a new place?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

together .78 How much did it seem as if you and the people you saw/heard were together in the same place?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

talktoyu .77 How often did it feel as if someone you saw/heard in the environment was talking directly to you?
(Never - Always [7 points])

eyecont .68 How often did you want to or did you make eye-contact with someone you saw/heard?
(Never - Always [7 points])

contrint .67 Seeing and hearing a person through a medium constitutes an interaction with him or her. How much control over the interaction with the person or people you saw/heard did you feel you had?
(None - Very much [7 points])
Eigenvalue: 4.08

Variance Explained: 58.24

Standardized Cronbach's Alpha: .90

SOCIAL PRESENCE - PASSIVE INTERPERSONAL:VAR NAMELDNGITEM

faceexpr .89 During the media experience how well were you able to observe the facial expressions of the people you saw/heard?
(Not well - Very well [7 points])

tonevoic .85 During the media experience how well were you able to observe the changes in tone of voice of the people you saw/heard?
(Not well - Very well [7 points])

styldres .79 During the media experience how well were you able to observe the style of dress of the people you saw/heard?
(Not well - Very well [7 points])

bodylang .69 During the media experience how well were you able to observe the body language of the people you saw/heard?
(Not well - Very well [7 points])
Eigenvalue: 2.61

Variance Explained: 65.27

Standardized Cronbach's Alpha: .88

SOCIAL PRESENCE - ACTIVE INTERPERSONAL:VAR NAMELDNGITEM

mksound .84 How often did you make a sound out loud (e.g. laugh or speak) in response to someone you saw/heard in the media environment?
(Never - Always [7 points])

smile .73 How often did you smile in response to someone you saw/heard in the media environment?
(Never - Always [7 points])

speak .61 How often did you want to or did you speak to a person you saw/heard in the media environment?
(Never - Always [7 points])
Eigenvalue: 1.61

Variance Explained: 53.51

Standardized Cronbach's Alpha: .77

ENGAGEMENT (MENTAL IMMERSION):VAR NAMELDNGITEM

mentalim .86To what extent did you feel mentally immersed in the experience?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

involvng .80How involving was the experience?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

senseeng .79How completely were your senses engaged?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])

sensreal.79To what extent did you experience a sensation of reality?
(Not at all - Very much [7 points])